SPORTS
COLLEGE RECRUITING: Cantwell flies like an Eagle
By BLAKE WOOD
bnewssports@sbcglobal.net
Bowie Jackrabbit baseball standout Cooper Cantwell rounded out a big week for athletes preparing to play on the college level.
Cantwell was the third and final athlete to pen his signature to a National Letter of Intent on Friday afternoon – opting to play for Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Okla.
“I’m super excited,” said Cantwell, the Jackrabbits ace pitcher. “I’m looking forward to going up there.”
The 17-year-old senior said he had compiled a list of schools he was interested in.
“I went through them one by one and visited a couple of them,” he said. “But once I got to Oklahoma Wesleyan, I knew it was the place for me. The coaches really liked me, and I think it’s beautiful up there, so I knew it was the right fit.”
In the 11 games Cantwell started in the 2014 season, he pitched 43 innings, striking out 56 batters and walking 17. He surrendered 12 earned runs, and ended the season with a 1.92 earned run average.
Before advancing to the next level in his playing career, Cantwell has one final season left as a Jackrabbit. Read more in the mid-week Bowie News.
Bowie’s Cooper Cantwell (front and center) signs his National Letter of Intent to play baseball at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville, Okla. Cantwell is surrounded by his family, mother Kristen, younger sister Kamryn, father Jerry and older sister Kendal. Oklahoma Wesleyan is a powerhouse in NAIA baseball circles. (News photo by Blake Wood)
Bowie’s girl’s golfers (left) won the Buzzy Open at Diamond Oaks Golf Course shooting 375. Miley Thompson was 4th place individual shooting an 87 and Tess Egenbacher was 5th place individual shooting an 88. Kendall Fallis shot a 99 with both Reegen Ferguson and Lillie Maddox shooting 101. The boys finished second in their division. Caden Belcher led the boys with a 73, good enough for fourth place. Cason Airington fired a 76, Rayder Mann a 78, Preston Loyd an 83 and Chase White a 91. Team 2 was led by Trae Siegler with an 84, Easton Richey shot an 87. Bear Combs shot an 89, Caden Rutherford a 89 and Cody Chandler a 114.
Both squads had their steallar rounds against a number of 5A and 6A schools.
Courtesy photos
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Several county 1A teams took part in the Forestburg track meet March 5.
The host Longhorns, Saint Jo, Gold-Burg, Bellevue, and Prairie Valley all took part in the day long event.It was the first meet hosted at the new track which was finished earlier this school year. Both girls and boys competed at the meet.
See the full results in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured – Saint Jo’s girls competed in a relay race at the meet. (Photo by Jennifer Gaston)
By BRIAN SMITH
sports@bowienewsonline.com
Saint Jo opened its boy’s baseball tournament March 5 with a 3-all, five-inning tie with Ector.
Ector stranded a runner in the top of the first. Saint Jo struck for a pair of runs in the bottom of the inning.
Read the full story in the Thursday Bowie News.
Pictured Damon Byrd of Saint Jo looks to bunt against Ector at a tournament opener. (Photo by Brian Smith)
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